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HONG KONG – A swearing-in ceremony to kick off Hong Kong’s legislative session descended into farce Wednesday as newly elected pro-democracy lawmakers intentionally mangled their oaths in a show of defiance against Beijing. They displayed flags declaring that Hong Kong is not a part of China and called out for …

TOKYO – A Japanese court has ruled that Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga’s revocation of a reclamation permit for a U.S. military base on the southern island was illegal, supporting the central government plan to go ahead with the reclamation despite protests by local residents. Friday’s decision is the latest development …

MEXICO CITY — The government’s human rights agency is accusing federal police of executing at least 22 people during a confrontation with suspected cartel criminals last year and then rearranging the scene by moving bodies and planting guns to support the official version of the bloodshed. Twenty other people were …

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is best known for his deadly war on drug dealers, says news that his daughter is pregnant with triplets inspires him to carry on his tough-guy crusade. Daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio issued a statement Friday saying she is seven weeks’ pregnant with triplets. …

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police teams are conducting operations at three Istanbul courthouses as part of an investigation into the July 15 abortive coup. Anadolu Agency said the Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office had issued a detention order for 173 personnel working at Istanbul’s Caglayan, Bakirkoy and …

MILWAUKEE — Simmering anger over the fatal shooting of a man by police erupted in violence on Milwaukee’s predominantly black north side, with protesters skirmishing with officers over several hours and setting fire to at least four businesses in an outburst the mayor says was fed by social media. The …

KINSHASA, Congo – A local official and Congo’s army say that suspected rebels have killed at least 36 people in northeastern Congo, spurring residents to make street protests against the violence. Army spokesman Gen. Richard Kasonga said Sunday that suspected Allied Democratic Forces carried out the attacks Saturday in Rwangoma …

HUA HIN, Thailand — An hour before midnight, Andrea Tazzioli was fetching his own birthday cake, looking forward to celebrating with friends in this balmy beach resort town, a world away from his stressful military work in Afghanistan. Then the bomb went off. “I saw light, white light, big explosion …

HAVANA — Fidel Castro greeted his 80th birthday from his sickbed, gripping a newspaper to show he was alive two weeks after stepping down as president. For the next 10 years the leader of the Cuban revolution watched from home as his brother Raul granted Cubans new economic freedoms and …

BANGKOK — Thai police on Friday were searching for clues to who set off two small bombs in the seaside resort town of Hua Hin. The twin blasts killed one person and wounded nearly 20 more — half of them foreigners. It was not clear who was behind the attack. …